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Lady Wildcats First, Boys Second At TRC Meet

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WABASH – The Whitko girls won the team title at Thursday’s Three Rivers Conference track meet, and the boys team finished second in the competition held at Southwood High School.
Kaitlyn Reed was a triple winner for Whitko, taking the 100, 200 and the high jump. She was third in the shot put.
The 4x100 relay team of Abby Overmeyer, Elaine Warner, Reghan Craig  and Lauren Riemersma won in 52.57 seconds. Michelle Kelsey and Craig tied for first in the pole vault, and Warner was second in the long jump.
Manchester finished fifth in the team standings. The Lady Squires’ Bailey Sewell and Madison Isbell finished forst and third, respectively, in the discus.
Tippecanoe Valley was sixth overall. Lexi O’Connell won the 100 hurdles in 16.64, and Makayla Ruiz was second in the shot put for the Lady Vikings.
In the boys’ meet, Whitko’s Walker Hobbs won the shot put with a toss of 52 feet, 1/4 inch. Teammate Zach Baughman was third in the shot. Daniel Kirkham was second in the 400, and sophomore Brady Weeks was third in the 110 and 300 hurdles.
The 4x100 relay team of Will Bumbaugh, Garrett Elder, Alex Wilson and Gavin Powell was second, and the 4x400 relay team was third.
Seniors Will Bumbaugh and Jacob Helton finished second and third, respectively, in the pole vault for the Wildcats. Gavin Howard was third in the shot.
Valley was fifth the in the team standings. The Viking 4x100 relay team of Deontee Smith, Neil Clampitt, Dakota Parker and Michael Thacker won the conference title in that event in 44.63. Senior Aaron Hoffman was second in the discus and fourth in the shot for the Vikings.
Manchester finished sixth as a team. Colin McNeeley won the 200 and was second in the 100 for the Squires.
THREE RIVERS CONFERENCE
TRACK MEET
GIRLS RESULTS
Team Standings – 1. Whitko 1122.5, 2. Northfield 114.5, 3. Rochester 84, 4. Southwood 81.5, 5. Manchester 80. 6. Wabash 53, 7. Tippecanoe Valley 44, 8. North Miami 41
100 – 1. Reed (Wh) 13.22, 2. Overmeyer (Wh) 13.52, 3. Sailors (R) 13.80, 4. Mullett (Wa) 13.92, 5. Leming (N) 14.07, 6. Fuentes (M) 14.17, 7. House (TV) 14.27, 8. A. smith (M) 14.29; 200 – 1. Reed (Wh) 27.04, 2. White (S) 27.60, 3. Peas (N) 27.75, 4. Sailors (R) 27.99, 54. Mullett (Wa) 29.07, 6. Thomas (Wh) 29.37, 7. House (TV) 29.97, 8. Fuentes (M) 30.31; 400 – 1. White (S) 1:01.98, 2. Kennedy (N) 1:04.51, 3. Slaon (N) 1:04.88, 4. Archer (Wa) 1:05.25, 5. Conley (TV) 1:05.40, 6. Saucedo (M) 1:07.03, 7. Hunting (R) 1:07.88, 8. Sapp (Wh) 1:08.41; 800 – 1. Lehner (S) 2:23.71, 2. Bedke (M) 2:26.03, 3. Halderman (N) 2:31.97, 4. Dunwoody (R) 2:35.89, 5. Ruppert (R) 2:37.27, 6. Sloan (N) 2:40.19, 7. Tims (NM) 2:40.31, 8.  Lynn (M) 2:403.15; 1600 – 1. Halderman (N) 5:09.34, 2. Bedke (M) 5:09.36, 3. Burch (R) 5:31.53, 4. Tyler (R) 5:36.57, 5. Nemitz (Wh) 5:38.17, 6. singer (N) 5:53.28, 7. Heath (S) 5:55.85, 8. Lynn (M) 6:12.99; 3200 – 1. Burch (R) 11:59.61, 2. Singer (N) 12:11.17, 3.3 Tyler (R) 12:24.04, 4. Nemitz (Wh) 12:44.72, 5. Burdette (M) 12:45.96, 6. Thompson (N) 13:15.92, 7. Kelsey (Wh) 13:52.81, 8. Niccum (M) 14:43.46; 100 hurdles – 1. O’Connell (TV) 16.64, 2. Dawes (S) 17.03, 3. Barden (Wa) 17.04, 4. R. Craig (Wh) 17.24, 5. Eltzroth (N) 17.29, 6. Peas (N) 17.58, 7. Dahlquist (R) 18.60, 8. Q. Craig (Wh) 18.68; 300 hurdles – 1. Peas (N) 48.58, 2.  Lefebvre (NM) 48.91, 3. Barden (Wa) 49.20, 4. Warner (Wh) 49.23, 5. O’Connell (RV) 51.22, 6. Dawes (S) 52.15, 7. Wright (S) 52.49, 8. Kruger (TV) 52.76; 4x100 relay – 1. Whitko (Overmeyer, Warner, R. Craig, Riemersma) 52.57, 2. Wabash 53.81, 3. Valley 53.82, 4. North Miami 53.99, 5. Manchester 54.47, 6. Rochester 55.71, 7. Northfield 56.36, 8. Southwood 57.44; 4x400 relay – 1. Northfield (Slaon, Kennedy, Peas, Halderman) 4:17.23, 2. Southwood 4:22.41, 3. Manchester 4:29.09, 4. Wabash 4:30.27, 5. Rochester 4:32.46, 6. Whitko 4:37.58, 7. Valley 4:45.45, 8. North Miami 5:27.21; 4x800 relay – 1. Northfield (Sloan, Leland, Singer, Halderman) 10:00.72, Southwood 10:22.08, 3. Rochester 10:48.62, 4. Manchester 10:56.98, 5. Wabash 11:36.69, 6. Valley 11:40.36, 7. Whitko 11:49.48, 8. N. Miami 12:54.05; High jump – 1. Reed (Wh) 5-1, 2. Dierks (M) 5-1. 3. Leming (N) 4-10, 4. (tie) Warner (Wh), Parson (S) 4-10, 6. White (NM) 4-10, 7. Lefebvre (NM) 4-8, 8. (tie) Wagoner (M), Kennedy (N) 4-6; Pole vault – 1. (tie) Kelsey (Wh), R. Craig (Wh) 7-6, 3. Leming (N) 7-0, 4. King (R) 7-0, 5. Harris (R) 6-6, 6. Watson-Dunn (N) 5-6; Long jump – 1. White (NM) 16-2, 2. Warner (Wh) 16-0.5, 3. Lefebvre (NM) 15-11.75, 4. Sorg (M) 14-10.75, 5. Overmeyer (Wh) 14-10.5, 6. Eltzroth (N) 14-8.75, 7. Towne (R) 14-6.5, 8. Dahlquist (R) 14-3; Shot put – 1. McCauley (Wa) 35-0, 2. Makayla Ruiz (TV) 33-7, 3. Reed (Wh) 33-3.5, 4. Isbell (M) 31-9.75, 5. Paris (S) 31-9.75, 6. Shafer (R) 29-10.75, 7. Wellsand (NM) 29-1.75, 87. Whitham (S) 28-6; Discus – 1. Sewell (M) 103-5.5, 2. Hobbs (S) 102-2.5, 3.3 Isbell (M) 98-0.5, 4. Shafer (R) 94-3, 5. Whitham (S) 93-7, 6. Sapp (Wh) 84-9, 7. Alber (TV) 83-10, 8. Wellsand (NM) 79-9

BOYS RESULTS
Team Standings – 1. Wabash 142.5, 2. Whitko 112.5, 3. Rochester 99, 4. Northfield 93 5. Tippecanoe Valley 56, 6. Manchester 44, 7. North Miami 41, 8. Southwood 32
100 – 1. Carter (Wa) 11.06, 2. McNeeley (M) 11.11, 3. Thacker (TV) 11.37, 4. Wilcox (N) 11.49, 5. Elder (Wh) 11.66, 6.Wilson (Wh) 11.67, 7. Cole (Wa) 11.74, 8. White (NM) 11.77; 200 – 1. McNeeley (M) 22.67, 2. Carter (Wa) 23.04, 3. Weiss (S) 23.79, 4. Wilson (Wh) 23.87, 5. Willcox (N) 24.24, 6. Parker (TV) 24.49, 7. Kirkham (Wh) 24.52, 8. McLochlin (R) 24.65; 400 – 1. Carter (Wa) 51.61, 2. Kirkham (Wh) 51.76, 3. Boggs (Wa) 53.63, 4. Clampitt (TV) 53.75, 5. Cripe (R) 55.25, 6. Lawson (S) 55.28, 7. Nigh (R) 55.57, 8. Wilken (NM) 56.53; 800 – 1. Meyer (R) 1:58.34, 2. Hall (Wa) 2:01.21, 3. Andrews (N) 2:07.59, 4. Shear (N) 2:09.44, 5. Reinholt (R) 2:10.19, 6. Rich (M) 2:10.22, 7. Ross (S) 2:12.91, 8. Miller (Wh) 2:14.58; 1600 – 1. Meyer (R) 4:23.28, 2. Pugh (R) 4:35.09, 3. Sa. Hall (Wa) 4:45.65, 4. Tracy (N) 4:48.02, 5. Frye (N) 4:54.29, 6. Friedersdorf (S) 4:55.25, 7. Rohr (M) 4:56.25, 8. Reza (Wa) 4:57.31; 3200 – 1. Pugh (R) 0:06.80, 2. Tracy (N) 10:10.00, 3. Frye (N) 10:18.40, 4. Sa. Hall (Wa) 10:20.50, 5. Rohr (M) 10:21.40, 6. Wright (Wh) 10:43.10, 7. Korkos (R) 10:49.40, 8. Guenin (S) 11:17.10; 100 hurdles – 1. Sk. Hall (Wa) 16.44, 2. Perez (R) 16.89, 3. Weeks (Wh) 16.97, 4. Trexler (S) 17.42, 5. Driscoll (Wa) 17.89, 7. D. Smith (TV) 17.91, 7. Haecker (M) 20.09; 300 hurdles – 1. H. Miller (N) 41.04, 2. Sk. Hall (Wa) 42.52, 3. Weeks (Wh) 43.47, 4. Trexler (S) 43.87, 5. Driscoll (W) 44.57, 6. D. Smith (TV) 44.86, 7. Perez (R) 45.96, 8. Mikel (RV) 48.05; 4x100 relay – 1. Valley (D. Smith, Clampitt, Parker, Thacker) 44.63, 2. Whitko 44.84, 3. Wabash 44.88, 4. Northfield 45.74, 5. Southwood 47.75. 6. Manchester 48.01, 7. North Miami 50.43, 8. Rochester 50.45; 4x400 relay – 1. Wabash (Boggs, Driscoll, Sk. Hall, Carter) 3:34.99, 2. Rochester 3:37.38, 3. Whitko 3:38.73, 4. Northfield 3:40.42, 5. Valley 3:40.62, 6. Southwood 3:47.51, 7. Manchester 3:49.79, 8. North Miami 3:51.24; 4x800 relay – 1. Northfield (Andrews, Shear, Zolman, Tracy) 8:45.88, 2. Rochester 8:51.22, 3. Wabash 8:57.09, 4. Whitko 9:10.12, 5. Manchester 9:12.12, 6. North Miami 10:49.72, 7. Valley 11:46.21; High jump – 1. Dolmanet (Wa) 6-0, 2. Dahlquist (R) 5-8, 3. White (NM) 5-6, 4. (tie) D. Miller (Wh), Sapp (Wh) 5-4, 6. Weber (Wa) 5-4, 7. Burcroff (N) 5-4; Pole vault – 1. Cripe (R) 13-6, 2. Bumbuagh (Wh) 12-0, 3. (tie) Helton (Wh), Dirig (Wa) 11-6, 5. Burcroff (N) 10-0, 6. Carey (N) 9-6, 7. Ruppert (R) 9-0; Long jump – 1. White (NM) 20-4.25, 2. H. Miller (N) 19-6, 3. Dirig (Wa) 19-5.5, 4. A. Wilson (Wh) 19-4, 5. Clampitt (TV) 19-3.5, 6. Elder (Wh) 18-10, 7. Good (TV) 18-1.25, 8. Reinholt (R) 17-7.25; Shot put – 1. Hobbs (Wh) 52-0.25, 2. Huffman (NM) 49-3.75, 3. Baughman (Wh) 45-9, 4. Hoffman (TV) 45-6.5, 5. Casper (M) 45-3, 6. Bickel (N) 43-8.5, 7. Shidler (Wa) 43-5.25, 8. Hutchenson (M) 42-11.25; Discus – 1. Shidler (Wa) 140-1, 2. Hoffman (TV) 135-9, 3. Howard (Wh) 134-5.5, 4. Huffman (NM) 132-0, 5. Eckrote (NM) 131-3, 6. Sherwin (Wh) 130-5, 7. Hobson (Wa) 128-11.5, 8. Dierks (M) 125-1

Girls Tennis
Thursday in Wabash
Karly Eichenauer came back from a set down to win her No. 1 singles match, and the rest of the Lady Squires lost just two games in eight sets in Manchester’s 5-0 win over Northfield.
Manchester wraps up its regular season at home against Southwood Monday afternoon.
MANCHESTER 5
NORTHFIELD 0
Singles – No. 1: Karly Eichenauer (M) def. Jordan Bratch 4-6, 6-0, 6-1; No. 2: Allison Smith (M) def. Courtney Stapleton 6-0, 6-0; No. 3: Claire Barnett (M) def. Emily Unger 6-0, 6-0
Doubles – No. 1: Reilly Ruppert/Leah Brandenburg (M) def. Kiley Snyder/Kandra Stout 6-0, 6-2l No. 2: Morgan McKee/Marret Metzger (M) def. Freja Dupont/Katy Pefley 6-0, 6-0
JV – Manchester 2, Northfield 0
Manchester record: 7-4, 4-1 TRC
Doubles – No. 1: Bethany collett/lydia Little (M) def. Chelsea Wittner/Brittany Dragoo 8-2; No. 2: Kendea Auler/Elizabeth Anglium (M) def. Leah Gatchel/Brittany Dragoo 8-2

Thursday in Bremen
All five Triton entries into the Northern State Conference girls tennis tournament advanced to the semifinals Thursday.
Kaelyn Mason at No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles team of Kylie Mason and Kolbie Mason had first round byes. Shayla May and Hannah Wanemacher won in straight sets at No. 2 and No 3 singes, respectively, and the No, 2 doubles team of Quinn Downing and Emma Ross needed a first-set tiebreaker before advancing in straight sets.
The tournament resumes this afternoon in Bremen.

Boys Golf
Thursday in Rochester
Tippecanoe Valley senior Bryce Zimpelman was medalist with a 2-over par 38 to lead the Vikings to a 175-183 win over Whitko. Cole Bechtold had the low score for Whitko, carding a 42.
Next up for both teams is the Three Rivers Conference tournament Saturday at Rozella Ford in Warsaw.
TIPPECANOE VALLEY 175
WHITKO 183
 (at Mill Creek GC-Par 36)
Valley – Bryce Zimpelman 38 (medalist), Trevor Neeley 44, Cole Cumberland 46, Jeremy Julian 47, Corey Carson 47
Whitko –  Cole Bechtold 42, Matt Hathaway 45, Will Peters 46, Tim Gensch 50, Kaleb Busz 54

Thursday in Syracuse
Wawasee head coach Steve Coverstone said he team’s play improved, but Plymouth was better still in the Pilgrims’ 153-156 win at South Shore. NorthWood was third at 164.
The Warriors’ Jeffrey Moore was the medalist, shooting a 1-under par 35 for Wawasee.
Saturday the Warriors will play in the Culver Academy Invitational.
PLYMOUTH 153
WAWASEE 156
NORTHWOOD 164
(at South Shore GC - Par 36)
Plymouth – Reis Yoder 36, Ben Schenk 37, Micah Calhoun 40, John Schenk 40, Hutson Yoder 47
Wawasee – Jeffrey Moore 35 (medalist), Cal Heinisch 40, Kaleb Perry 40, Tristen Atwood 41, Mason Germonprez 41
NorthWood – Caleb Lung 39, Nick Myers 39, Eric Outkowski 40, Hayden Klotz 41. Matt Ely 46
JV – NorthWood 162, Plymouth 172, Wawasee 188
Wawasee – Maclain Herr 45, Cameron Adams 45, Trevor Haessig 48, Josh Hicks 50, Dustin Brown 52

Baseball
Thursday in Bourbon
A four-run second inning was the difference in John Glenn’s 6-4 win over Triton Thursday evening.
Nate Flenar had two hits and drove in a pair of runs, and Cardale Keyser scored three times for the Trojans.
Triton will travel to Baugo to take on Jimtown in Northern State Conference play this afternoon.
JOHN GLENN 6, TRITON 4
G    040    002    0    –    6    13    3
T    101    002    0    –    4    5    1
Glenn – McDonald (W, 7IP, 5H, 4R, 2ER, 4BB, 12K)
Triton – Reichert (L, 7IP, 13H, 6R, 5ER, 3BB, 3K)
2B – Keuper (G), Kaufman (T), Flenar (T)

Thursday in Elkhart
Wawasee rallied in the seventh inning to tie the game, but elkhart Memorial pushed across the winning run in the bottom of the frame in a 7-6 win over the Warriors.
Aaron Beer had a double and a stolen base for Wawasee, and Caleb Dingeldein singled and drove in a pair of runs.
The Warriors will host Plymouth in Northern Lakes Conference play this afternoon in Wawasee’s final home game of the year.
ELKHART MEMORIAL 7, WAWASEE 6
W    002    100    3    –    6    7    3
EM    200    220    1    –    7    12    2
Wawasee – Shortill (l. 1IP, 1R) (only stats available)
Wawasee record: 7-11, 2-9 NLC
JV – Wawasee 6, Memorial 5

Thursday in Goshen
Warsaw carried a one-run lead into the bottom of the seventh, but Goshen scored twice in the last inning to claim a 5-4 win over the Tigers.
Tyler LaFollette doubled and singled, and Zach Witt singled three times to lead Warsaw’s 12-hit attack.
Warsaw will host Northridge this afternoon.
GOSHEN 5, WARSAW 4
W    101    200    0    –    4    12    1
G    000    102    2    –    5    10    3
Warsaw – Hawley (3IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 1K), Foreman (2IP, 5H, 3R, 3ER, 2BB, 1K), Howard (L. 1IP, 3H, 2R, 2ER, 0BB, 1K), Murphy (2/3IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB. 1K)
Goshen – Paetkau (3IP, 5H, 2R 2ER, 0BB, 2K), Glick (3-1/3 IP, 7H, 2R, 0ER, 0BB, 3K), Neddle (W, 2/3 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 0K)
2B – LaFollette (W), Garcia (G), Pearson (G), Wertz (G)
Warsaw record: 6-13, 4-7 NLC

Thursday in Rochester
Gavin Bussard, Alec Craig and Drake Hyden had two hits each in Tippecanoe Valley’s 8-6 Three Rivers Conference win over rival Rochester.
The Vikings will travel to North Judson for a game this afternoon.
VALLEY 8, ROCHESTER 6
TV    303    020    0    –    8    9    1
R    301    200    0    –    6    9    2
Valley – Helion (W, 7IP, 9H, 6R, 4ER 3BB, 4K)

Softball
Thursday in Bremen
Triton had only three hits in a 14-0, five-inning loss to Bremen. The Lady Trojans will host Jimtown at Keyser Field this afternoon.
BREMEN 14
TRITON 0 (5 INN.)
T    000    00    –    0    3    7
B    363    2x    –    14    14    0
Triton – Garbison (L. 2IP, 9R, 1K), C. Jennings (2IP, 5R)
Bremen – Huppert (W, 4IP, 3H, 0R, 6K), Arndt (1IP, 0H, 1K)
Triton record: 15-8

Thursday in Syracuse
Kylee Rostochak had four hits, including two doubles, and meghan Fretz had two hits, drove in three and scored three times in Wawasee’s 12-10 win over Elkhart Memorial.
The Lady Warriors will travel to Plymouth this afternoon.
WAWASEE 12
ELK. MEMORIAL 10
EM    200    232    1    –    10    12    3
W    400    503    x    –    12    15    1
Memorial – Anderson (L, 6IP, 15H, 12R, 8ER, 1BB, 1K)
Wawasee – Fretz (W, 7IP, 12H, 10R, 7ER, 5BB, 9K)
2B – Perez (EM), Lucas (EM), Laughman (EM), Gunkel (W), Fretz (W), Rostochak 2 (W), White (W), Brito (W)
3B – Warner (EM)
HR – Warner (EM)
Wawasee record: 16-5, 9-2 NLC
JV – Wawasee 8, Memorial 2

Thursday in Manchester
The Lady Squires scored 13 times in the first two innings in rolling to a 16-1, five-inning win over visiting Wabash in Three Rivers Conference play.
Mattie McKee got the win in the circle, allowing one hit and striking out eight in her five innings of work.
Manchester travels to bluffton for a non-conference game this afternoon.
MANCHESTER 16
WABASH 1 (5 INN.)
W    100    00    –    1    1    5
M    761    2x    –    16    14    0
Wabash – Sewell (L, 4IP, 14H, 16R, 9ER, 5BB, 3K)
Manchester – McKee (W, 5IP, 1H, 1R, 1ER, 2BB, 8K)
2B – Day, Carter, Milam, Andritsch 2, McKee 2, Stacy
Manchester record: 9-6